UPDATE: Body of missing Beloit teen found

UPDATE (WKOW) -- The body of missing 17-year-old Thomas Biggs of Beloit has been found. The Columbia County Sheriff's Office and the Columbia County Dive Team found the body in a pond across the road from where the family was camping. It appears Biggs drowned, and the sheriff says he doesn't expect foul play was involved.

Columbia County Sheriff Dennis Richards says Biggs was last seen July 4th around 5:00 p.m. He was staying at his family's trailer in Black Hawk Park in Caledonia Township near Portage. Deputies and divers searched the nearby Wisconsin River for his body, but had no luck. On Sunday, officials decided to expand their search perimeter to include a pond near the property. At 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon divers found him in the pond.

"A terrible outcome of somebody that we were hoping was just somewhere down the road or maybe had caught a ride and went back Beloit," Sheriff Richards says. "Everybody here was hoping that the phone would ring and say he's at a different residence and didn't know we were looking for him. This is the worst case scenario for everybody."

The investigation is ongoing. An autopsy will be performed on Tuesday.

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UPDATE (WKOW) -- According to Columbia County Sheriff's Office officials at the Blackhawk Park area, the body of Thomas A. Biggs, 17, of Beloit was found. Stay with WKOW for more details.

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UPDATE (WKOW) -- The search continues for a missing 17-year-old Beloit teen who was last seen Friday at 5 p.m. The Portage Fire Department, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the Columbia County Volunteer Dive Team have joined the Columbia County Sheriff's Office in the search for Thomas A. Biggs. Agencies are searching for Biggs by land, water, and air.

Anyone with information about Biggs is asked to call the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office at 608-742-4166, extension 1.

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COLUMBIA COUNTY (WKOW) – Officials are searching for a missing 17-year-old man who was last seen on July 4.

According to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, Thomas A. Biggs, of Beloit, was last seen in the Blackhawk Park area near Portage at 5 p.m. on Independence Day. He’s described as being 5’5” and 153 pounds. He has brown hair, blue eyes and was last seen wearing gray shorts with an orange stripe.

Officials say he may also have been wearing a black shirt and did not have shoes on. He also did not have a phone with him.

Anyone with more information is asked to contact the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office at 608-742-4166, extension 1.